Zinc therapy for diarrhoea improves growth among bangladeshi infants 6 to 11 months of age

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Naheed, Aliya ^a   Walker Fischer, Christa L ^b   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b   Arifeen, Shams El ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized controlled trial; Diarrhoea; Effectiveness trial; Growth; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUID THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC;

EID: 63649157154     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31817f0182     Document Type: Article

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